Deloraine Houle is getting on-the-job training through BUILD, which steers men and women into the building trades. She says, "My grandmother is kind of proud of me - I'm the first girl in my family in carpentry."
"A new inner-city programs, the first of its kind on North America, could see 400 leaky North End rentals get energy retrofits in the next year.
That's 400 down, 79,600 more to go.
This fall, thanks to a tweak in Manitoba Hydro's legislation, two inner-city renovation agencies are hoping to go door to door, block by block, in the William Whyte neighbourhood offering renters thousands of dollars in renovations, effectively for free.
"I blog because my teeth hurt. Even my new teeth."
And you probably do too. Not necessarily because your teeth are new. Pretty much any set of teeth can give one cause to blog - rotten teeth, sensitive teeth, broken teeth. Even ill-fitting new teeth (like mine.)
Times like these, more often now I turn to music that... sounds the way music used to. I know, I'm basically cashing in my chips as an independent, thinking person by hitting the nostalgia button... but there it is. Facts on the ground.
Acanuck is supposed to be covering this, but I thought you'd all be delighted to hear that Canada's socialists are a week away from what would be an historic election upset. Hell, THE election upset of all time up here in the Great White North.
One year - back when we had the combine - Dad decided to plant rye in the big field that ran between our house and the rest of the farm. Beautiful stuff, rye. You may not think kids notice when things...
Wokeness seems to have lost purchase in everyday arguments, and market forces suggest it’s on the downswing. Yet wokeness can still retreat to its institutional strongholds, writes @OliverTraldi. https://t.co/QmcjkQ4Bc9
Even if you knew nothing about the FL law & couldn’t spare 90 seconds to Google it, idea that it mandated “registering your political beliefs” with the state was obvious nonsense.
Millions of us are planning to travel to be with loved ones over this holiday weekend. We’re engaging airlines every day about their responsibility to make sure operations are resilient & provide good customer services when problems happen. pic.twitter.com/mmaG460wBT
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) June 30, 2022
BREAKING: A judge cleared the way for abortions to resume in Kentucky, temporarily blocking the state’s near-total ban on the procedure that was triggered by the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. https://t.co/fKEifuUDtU
Fascinating and persuasive essay on how originalism sets a very very high bar for 18th century historical mastery—and the court’s conservatives often fail to meet it. https://t.co/nyntmzazHm
A US government delegation quietly traveled to Venezuela “for discussions about the welfare and safety of US nationals in Venezuela,” a State Department spokesperson told CNN on Monday.
At least 44 migrants were found dead in a semi-truck in San Antonio, and 16 others were taken to hospitals, city councilwoman says. https://t.co/bRGrhOH02u
Good thread on how South Africa’s inept immigration bureaucracy is driving away talented people and inflicting heavy damage on the SA economy: https://t.co/LDjaQouN3K
Eight cars and two locomotives derailed after an Amtrak train hit a dump truck at a public crossing this afternoon in Missouri. https://t.co/mw58omE6kH